Reply #39: Almost all modern wars have been "pre-emptive". [View All]

Just ask the aggessors:

WWI: The Great Powers mobilized as a "preventive" measure. Austria attacked Russia "pre-emptively" to prevent Russia from attacking her. The dominoes fell and voila..millions dead.

WWII: Japan attacked China "pre-emptively" because, supposedly, Chinese troops were massing on the border of Manchuria. It later attacked Pearl Harbor and Singapore to "prevent" being completely cut off from it's material needs.

Latin America: A long list of "preventive" attacks by the US to spare Cuba, Guatamala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Bolivia, etc, from becoming "Communist" (aka, democratic).

Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia: LBJ upped the stakes into full scale war to "prevent" the communists from swallowing SE Asia. Anybody remember the "domino theory"?

Southern Asia: The CIA engineered the overthrow of Mossa Degh to "prevent" Communism from spreading. Installed the Shah.

Africa: Another long list of "preventive" measures to "stop the spread of Communism". South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Congo, Rhodesia, etc.

All justification for murder wrapped in "patriotism".